Medicinal Product Trial -Metformin

Pennine Care NHS Foundation TrustcontractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-0557aaProcurement Act 2023pending
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Estimated value

Awarded value

£250k

Awarded 02 Oct 2025

Suppliers

1

Lots

1

1 awarded

Published

07 Oct 2025

Description

The trust was successful in obtaining a grant from NIHR for a clinical trial to look at the use of metformin in people newly diagnosed with psychosis. The clinical trial (including the recruitment phase) is estimated to take place between June 2026 to November 2028. As part of that grant we needed to source a supplier that has the capability to purchase or manufacture Metformin and an identical placebo for a clinical trial, to package and label both to our requirements and distribute to Trusts across the UK in a predetermined schedule.

Scope

Reference
C368969
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
16 Oct 2025 to 16 Oct 2028
Possible extension to 16 Oct 2031

Three optional 12 month extensions

CPV classifications
73300000
Contract locations
UK, United Kingdom

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
Commercial Questionnaireprice30.00%
Technical Questionnairequality60.00%
Social Value Questionnairequality10.00%

Participation

Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.

Detailed within the specification and Questionnaire 1 - Supplier Information Questionnaire.

Submission & procedure

Procedure
Open procedure

Award details

Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.

Awarded value

£250k

Award date

02 Oct 2025

Contract start

17 Oct 2025

Contract end

16 Oct 2028